Tag fastener



May 13, 1924.

E. J. 'BRACKEN TAG FASTENER Filed March 27. 1923 7 314mm 0% Ear] $37005?atented EARL .1. BRACKEN, or BUTTE, MONTANA.

TAG FASTENER.

Application filed March 27, 1928. Serial No. 628,071.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EARL J. BRACKEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Butte, in the county of Silver Bow, State of Montana, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Tag Fasteners; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in tags andparticularly to means for attaching tags to packages.

One object of the invention is to provide a tag attaching means whichcan be applied to the cord, wire, or other means employed for tying apackage, without the necessity of passing a piece of cord through theeyelet of the tag, or of tying the tag to the packa e.

Another object is to provide a device of this character which is strongand durable, and which is simple in construction and which can bemanufactured at a low cost.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the followingdescription when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a tag attached to the binding cord ofa package, and embodying the present invention, in one form thereof.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of another form of the snap-hook employedfor attaching the tag to the package.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of still another form of the snap-hook.

Referring to the accompanying drawing, and particularly to Figure 1, 10represents the tag, which may be formed from heavy paper, cardboard,linen, or other suitable material .and having the eyelet 11 in one end.Engaged around the shank of the eyelet 11, and held by the clinched headof the eyelet, is the eye portion 12, of the wire stem of the tagattaching means. The other end of the wire is formed into several coils13, and thence longitudinally, as at 14. The wire end is then rebent at15, extended back in approximately parallel relation to the portion 14,formed into a curved bight l6, and thence outwardly in parallel relationto the rebent portion 15, through the coils 13, and then outwardly tolie against the inner curved portion of the bight 16, the last namedportion being designated by the numeral 17 and constituting the lockingtongue of the device.

In applying the device to a package, the stem and tags are grasped inthe hand and the tongue pressed against the binding twine of the packageand given a slight longitudinal movement to cause the binding twine topass the terminal of the tongue and engage within the curved hookportion of the device, which lies between the portions 14 and 15. Thusapplied to the binding twine, the tag is firmly aifixed and cannotbecome accidentally displaced or removed.

In Figure 2, the stem 18 is extended ontwardly and thence rebentinwardly and formed with the bight 19, which is continnod to form theother leg 18, which is extended inwardly and coiled around the stem 18at 20, and thence extended outwardly to light against the bight 19, toform the looking tongue.

In Figure 3, the form of the device is much simpler than the otherforms. In this form the stem 21 is extended outwardly at 22, rebent andcurved at 23, and extended inwardly toward the stem at 24, in the formof a knuckle or knee. The wire is then extended away from the stem at anacute angle, as shown at 25, and then extended inwardly at 25', to thestem, and then continued in longitudinal contacting relation to the stemfor a short distance, as shown at 26. The portions 25 and 25' areconnected, at their outer ends, by the bight 27, and said portions, incombination with the bight, form a hook while the portion 26 serves asthe locking tongue. The binding twine of the package is passed betweenthis hook and the stem 18, until it snaps past the member 26, and entersthe curved portion 23.

There is thus provided a tag attaching means whereby the necessity ofapplying twine to the tags, and then tying the twine to packages, iscompletely obviated, as the device, which is in the general form of asnap-hook, is simply engaged in snapping and locking relation to thetwine. This will conserve the time and labor in applying tags topackages, and will be especially useful in shipping places where largenumbers of packages are sent out each day.

What is claimed is:

A tag fastener formed from a single length of wire bent intermediate itslength to form :a hook loop, one end of the loop being ezz- In testimonywhereof, I- afiix my signatended to form a shank having an eyeadaptture, in the presence of two wltnesses: ed to be secured Within anend of a tag, the

other end of the loop beingtcoiled around I v EARL BRACKEN' the shankintermediate the length of the \Vitnesses: shank and extended intocontact with the v FRANK W. HAsKINs,

hight of the loop hook. JOSEPHINE RICKER.

